Pen-wiper



UNITED STATES til PATENT OFFICE.

ELIZABETH GLADIVIN BOUTON, OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

PEN-WIPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,371, dated June 23, 1896,

Application filed June 6, 1895. Serial No. 551,830- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH GLADWIN BOUTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pittsfield, county of Berkshire, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen- WVipers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to pen-wipers, and the object thereof is to provide a novel toy device for this purpose, in which the toy, which constitutes the pen-wiper, represents an animal or other object.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figures 1 and 2 represent a chicken, which involves my invention in its construction, and the method of operating the same.

In the application of my invention, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I form a toy chicken A, of elastic rubber, or similar material, the bill or jaws B of which are adapted, by reason of the flexible and elastic material of which they are composed, to be opened by pressure applied to the neck of the chicken, and when the pressure is removed to close by reason of the contractile or spring power of said material.

The chicken is preferably formed hollow throughout, and the interior of the mouth thereof is lined with any preferred absorbent material C, and in operation it is only necessary to grasp thechicken with the hand and compress the neck thereof with the thumb and finger, as shown in Fig. 2, when the mouth will open, as is also shown in said figure, and the pen may be wiped on the absorbent material therein,- after which, the pressure having been removed, the mouth will close, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having fully described my invention, its construction and operation, I claim and desire 5 to secure by Letters Patent As a new article of manufacture, a penwiper made of elastic material, and having the jaws B, adapted to be opened by means of pressure applied to the body of the penwiper in rear of said jaws, and an absorbent lining for said jaws, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 21st day of May, 1895.

ELIZABETH GLADWIN BQUTON.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. VAN DEUSEN, MARY DANIELS MULLIGAN. 

